China's state-run banks are swapping dollars for yuan as officials tell them to intervene in currency markets

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A staff member displays the new version of the 100-yuan RMB banknotes (US 15.7 dollars) to photographers at the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong

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A Russian general who was relieved of command in Ukraine died after 'a long illness,' official says

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Wooden crosses mark graves at the mass grave site in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, on August 8, 2023

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Ukraine shared video it says shows Russian soldiers fleeing a recaptured village 'in panic'

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Russian troops fled Urozhaine village “in panic”, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense said
Screenshot of a video showing Russian soldiers leaving Urozhaine village.

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Ukraine says it downed 2 Ka-52 attack helicopters, which Russia calls the world's best, in a single morning

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A Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopter during testing in Russia’s Rostov region in January 2022.

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Hackers figured out 3 separate ways to break into US Air Force satellites, and won up to $50K for doing it

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An Artist's impression of a CubeSat in space shows four boxes floating in Earth's orbit.
An Artist's impression of a CubeSat in space

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Moscow banned 2 major Swiss banks from selling shares in its subsidiaries after a Russian bank said it would lose money from their exit

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Moscow banned 2 major Swiss banks from disposing of shares in its subsidiaries after a Russian bank said it would lose money from the exit.

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Wagner, infamous for brutality in Ukraine and a failed mutiny in Russia, is registered as an 'educational organization' in its new home

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Belarusian soldiers attend a training by mercenary fighters from Wagner private military company.
Belarusian soldiers attend a training by mercenary fighters from Wagner private military company.

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Russia's ruble spikes as Putin and officials mull ways to prop up the currency after it dropped below a penny this week

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov (R) attend an expanded meeting of the Russian Defence Ministry Board at the National Defence Control Centre in Moscow, on December 21, 2022.

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VIDEOS: Russia shows off purported war trophies — prized Western weapons captured in Ukraine — at a new military theme park exhibit

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A general view of a propaganda exhibition of captured Ukrainian weapons, August 15, 2023 in Kubinka, Russia.
A general view of a propaganda exhibition of captured Ukrainian weapons, August 15, 2023 in Kubinka, Russia.

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A passenger plane flew into Ukrainian airspace trying to avoid a storm, but made it through the warzone OK

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Ukrainian soldiers hide during the shelling at the air defense positions held in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, on August 8, 2023.

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